https://www.nma.art/videolessons/reilly-method-figure-drawing-with-mark-westermoe-week-6-designing-the-hands/ 

  

We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 6th lesson, Mark will go over the Reilly Head Abstraction in detail and analyze selected master works of Matania. He will then demonstrate how to design the hands, first by laying in the structure, and then by refining the design through tonal and value control.

 

 
A complete guide to creating alluring photos, this book is divided into four parts—the body, studio, locations, and the outdoors—with each covering an important aspect of posing the human figure to look its ideal best. Beginning with the basics of body and hand and head posing, this study details the corrective posing techniques that enhance the appeal of a subject while minimizing any concerns they might have about their appearance. From there, award-winning photographer Joe Farace educates readers the importance of knowing what lens to shoot with, understanding the benefits and limits of black-and-white shots, and mastering the use of a flash. In addition to real-world posing techniques, the author presents real subjects—ranging in age from 18 to their late 40s, with a variety of looks and figure types—demonstrating the effect of careful posing on the types of subjects photographers are most likely to encounter in their professional lives. Armed with these techniques, photographers have the skills required to approach each glamour session with greater confidence, ensuring that they reap the rewards after the shoot in the form of better, more salable images.

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/painting-the-eyes-and-the-orbital-structure/

 

In this lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston analyzes and explains the three-dimensional structures of the eye and approaches to rendering those structures in painting using an example from John Singer Sargent. You will learn how to work with light and shadow areas, how to render the roundness of the eyeball and how to construct the bony orbital area around the eye for beautiful and convincing eyes in your paintings.

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/painting-the-eye/ 

 

In this lesson world-renowned painter Steve Huston demonstrates the structural elements of the eye from a painter’s perspective. You will learn how the concepts of gesture and rhythm apply to the eye area. Steve will also show you approaches for rendering the eyes, working with a light source and how to establish the bony framework around the eyes in correct perspective.

 

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/drawing-the-structure-of-the-head/ 

 

In this lesson, draftsman and painter Danny Galieote will give you a broad overview of the major planes and structures of the head. You will learn how the head can be thought of as a three-dimensional sculpture in space, as you carve into spheres or boxes, then placing the features of the face within the larger forms. Next, you will be given a demonstration of the ‘rhythms of the face’ which will interact with the planes and provide you with a roadmap to follow as you design and render tones within the facial features.

 

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/drawing-the-male-back-on-toned-paper/ 

 

In this lesson, master draftsman and painter Danny Galieote will walk you through a figure drawing of a male back on a mid-toned paper drawn with black and white Conté pencil. You will learn how to lay in the subtle gesture of the figure and then block in of the major structural forms. Next you will learn how you can use overlaps, wedging forms and tonal relationships to lead the viewer’s eye across the form giving your drawing an overall cohesiveness and solidity. As the drawing progresses you will learn how to establish a strong tonal range using black and white chalk.

 

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/perspective-5-drawing-scenes-objects-with-multiple-vps/ 

 

Artist and veteran instructor, Erik Olson approaches this lecture with making a basic plan of an environment and then realizing two measured views of the environment. Objects are drawn behaving mostly in 1 Point perspective. Following this, drawn diagrams and multiple digital draw overs, on paintings and photographs, demonstrate 1 Point perspective views with 2 Point perspective objects present.

 

https://www.nma.art/videolessons/perspective-4-ellipses-scene-set-ups-multiple-figure-behavior/

 

Artist and veteran instructor, Erik Olson demonstrates mechanical ellipse creation as well as critically analyzing the restrictions of viewing scenes through camera frames within the cone of vision. Working from simple plans, measured images are created along with many figures variously positioned in strict 1 Point perspective in drawing form and a 3-D program walk through.

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https://www.karltayloreducation.com/class/location-soft-lighting/

 

Karl and the team are in Paris for this shoot as they use some soft studio flash in the daytime to fill in the shadows and balance out the exposure of the image a when a reflector just wouldn’t be enough. Using just a scrim and two studio lights you too can create stunning images like this.